IDTechEx: Ultraflexible Devices for Wearable Electronics

by Alfred Poor | November 25, 2014 | Enabling Tech

If wearable Health Tech devices are truly going to “disappear” then they will have to become like a second skin. And that’s exactly what a group of scientists from the University of Tokyo are working on, as presented in a session at the IDTechEx...

IDTechEx: Printable Batteries Pack Flexible Power

by Alfred Poor | November 25, 2014 | Enabling Tech

Digital electronics require power, and for most wearable Health Tech electronic devices, this power comes from batteries. Energy harvesting is making great strides, but batteries remain the most convenient and affordable power solution. Unfortunately, the traditional...

IDTechEx: Sensors Woven into Washable Fabric [video]

by Alfred Poor | November 24, 2014 | Fitness

This is a fitness product, and as such, I wouldn’t usually cover it here in Health Tech Insider. But this shirt from OMsignal is special because its sensors are woven directly into the fabric of the clothing. Other systems print sensors onto the fabric, or...

IDTechEx: Sweat Sensors Can Speed Healing

by Alfred Poor | November 24, 2014 | Enabling Tech

The IDTechEx conference was last week, but we’ve still got more great information from that event to cover here. For example, a presentation by Dr. Joshua Windmiller of Electrozyme explored the potential benefits of real-time sweat sensors. We’ve written...

IDTechEx: Wearable Artificial Pancreas [video]

by Alfred Poor | November 21, 2014 | Medical

Pancreum was one of the many wearable Health Tech companies that made presentations at the IDTechEx conference this week in Santa Clara, California. The company is focused on remote patient monitoring and similar applications. According to Guilherme de Paul, founder...

IDTechEx: Simulation Guides Wireless Implant Development [video]

by Alfred Poor | November 21, 2014 | Medical

One of the exhibitors at this week’s IDTechEx conference was CST of America. One of the company’s specialties is the simulation of bio-electromagnetics. In short, this provides software simulation of the effects of different frequency radio waves on the...